Previous studies have shown that strain-controlled cyclic stability was maintained in bulk Cu samples with highly oriented nanoscale twins. In order to explore the underlying fatigue mechanism, transmission electron m...Previous studies have shown that strain-controlled cyclic stability was maintained in bulk Cu samples with highly oriented nanoscale twins. In order to explore the underlying fatigue mechanism, transmission electron microscopy observations under two-beam diffraction condition were utilized to characterize the dislocation configurations in the twin/matrix layers of as-fatigued nanotwinned Cu. It was clarified that the threading dislocations with Burgers vector parallel to twin boundaries are mainly active during fatigue. A three-dimensional stereo projection was re-configured for demonstrating the special structure of dislocations in nanoscale twins.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB932202)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51420105001,51371171 and 51471172)
文摘Previous studies have shown that strain-controlled cyclic stability was maintained in bulk Cu samples with highly oriented nanoscale twins. In order to explore the underlying fatigue mechanism, transmission electron microscopy observations under two-beam diffraction condition were utilized to characterize the dislocation configurations in the twin/matrix layers of as-fatigued nanotwinned Cu. It was clarified that the threading dislocations with Burgers vector parallel to twin boundaries are mainly active during fatigue. A three-dimensional stereo projection was re-configured for demonstrating the special structure of dislocations in nanoscale twins.